Murdoch news Top stories Murdoch University website takes out top award April 24th, 2018 Murdoch University has won the Website of the Year in the education category at the Sitefinity 2017 awards. + Find out more Opinion: To reduce inequality in Australian schools, make them less socially segregated April 23rd, 2018 In a piece for The Conversation, Associate Professor Laura Perry highlights the inequalities in Australian schools and how underachievement can be tackled with intervention and integration. + Find out more 500th rehabilitated black cockatoo released into wild April 23rd, 2018 An endangered black cockatoo has become the 500th rehabilitated cockatoo to be released into the wild as part of a collaborative research project involving Murdoch University. + Find out more Latest news Murdoch Students launch Perth Arena’s Snapchat for Harry Styles fans April 20th, 2018 Students from the Murdoch University School of Arts will be helping to launch Perth Arena’s new Snapchat profile at the Harry Styles concert this weekend. + Find out more Kimberley fishes in a league of their own April 20th, 2018 Almost half of the freshwater species documented in a new book about the fishes of the Kimberley are found nowhere else on the planet. Co-authored by Associate Professor David Morgan, from Murdoch University’s Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research, the book profiles 65 freshwater species, of which 32 are completely unique. + Find out more Researcher leaves the laboratory to teach next generation of scientists April 19th, 2018 An experienced cancer researcher will be using his passion for biology to inspire the next generation of scientists after swapping the research laboratory for the classroom. + Find out more New hope for remote and rural education April 17th, 2018 Dr Susan Ledger, Associate Dean at Murdoch University in the School of Education and Vice President of the Society for the Provision of Education in Rural Australia was pleased to see rural education in the public forum and hopes it results in action rather than more reports. + Find out more Not so fast: why the electric vehicle revolution will bring problems of its own April 17th, 2018 Dr Martin Brueckner writes a piece for The Conversation about the potential pitfalls of electric vehicles. + Find out more Student ambassadors mentor aspiring legal eagles April 17th, 2018 Murdoch University’s Law School mooting ambassadors are helping to develop the next generation of would-be lawyers. Over 30 students from years 10 to 12 recently attended a Mock Trial Training Seminar and Workshops led by the Murdoch School of Law’s newly-appointed Moot Court Ambassadors. + Find out more US Judge shares Boston Marathon bombing case with Murdoch law April 16th, 2018 At the invitation of the United States Consulate and the Murdoch University School of Law, US Magistrate Judge, The Honourable Marianne B. Bowler will present on her experiences of the Boston Marathon bombing case; as well as other terrorist incidents within the court system. On April 15 2013, two bombs were detonated near the event finish […] + Find out more Sunfish surprise Murdoch University researchers April 16th, 2018 Murdoch University researchers have partnered with the Commonwealth longline fishing industry and the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) to find out more about sunfishes around Australia. + Find out more Athletes seek asylum at almost every games, as is their right April 13th, 2018 The missing Commonwealth Games athletes from Cameroon, Rwanda and Uganda aren’t the first to walk out of an athletes village, even in Australia. + Find out more Business students offered new study abroad options to expand global focus April 13th, 2018 From 2019 Murdoch University business and commerce students will have the opportunity to split their studies between Perth and the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. Dual degree undergraduate programs will allow domestic and international students to complete 18 months study in each location and to graduate with a degree from each University. + Find out more + View the news archives